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Russian Railways Net Profit down 26% in H1

July 2008.

Russian Railways posted a net profit of 18.8 billion rubles in the first six months of 2008, a decrease of 26.3% compared with the profit in the same period last year, company President Vladimir Yakunin told journalists on Wednesday.

The profit last year was inflated with the proceeds from sale of stakes in subsidiaries, Yakunin said in explaining the decline.